Good input for sure, thank you. Hack-a-thon postcards (even virtual ones) could be a neat thing to have. Easy to share, too. I am looping in Beatrice, who is the OKF event coordinator.
-Christian -- Christian Vilum | @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum> *Community manager, Open Government Data (OGD)* *Community manager, Local Groups network (LG)* Open Knowledge Foundation <http://www.okfn.org/> | @okfn<http://www.twitter.com/okfn> *Building the digital commons** - support our work: okfn.org/support* On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Christian Villum < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Not a bad idea, Peter - I'll note that down. >> Maybe let's brainstorm on the content of such a kit? (everyone, feel free >> to add your 2 cents) >> > > So a lot can be done by collecting the material from a hackathon at the > end. At the one 2 weeks ago Ross and Rufus went through the 5 parts of > data-journalism (e.g. story, gathering material, hacking, visualisation, > design or something like that). Putting this down on a postcard would be > great. Similar things like how to find an run a petcha-kucha. > > Chuff says It's a lot like running children's parties. Some people have a > natural flair, but others like a checklist. And there is always a need for > something for the child-who-wants-to-play-alone or is shy. Things like > PyBossa are excellent ways of breaking the ice. > > > P. > > >> -Christian >> >> -- >> Christian Vilum | @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum> >> *Community manager, Open Government Data (OGD)* >> *Community manager, Local Groups network (LG)* >> >> Open Knowledge Foundation <http://www.okfn.org/> | >> @okfn<http://www.twitter.com/okfn> >> *Building the digital commons** - support our work: okfn.org/support* >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Kat Braybrooke <[email protected]> >>>> wrote:I want to add my welcome to the OKFN Ambassadors (and being the first >>>> ones, they are pioneers as well). Our organization is strong because of the >>>> community without which we are really of little consequence. So, Jack, >>>> Feng, Biao, Prakash, Finnur and Ewan, I wish much stamina, energy and >>>> inspiration to you in your work on the frontline of OKFN. >>>> >>>> And greetings from me. I've just been promoting the OKF and suggesting >>> we should (help) run hackathons. These era great ways of getting new >>> people together. So I think giving ambassadors a hackathon support kit >>> could be a useful approach if they wanted it. >>> >>> P. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Puneet Kishor >>>> Policy Coordinator for Science and Data >>>> Creative Commons >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> okfn-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >>>> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Peter Murray-Rust >>> Reader in Molecular Informatics >>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry >>> University of Cambridge >>> CB2 1EW, UK >>> +44-1223-763069 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OKFN-Local-Coord mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-local-coord >>> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-local-coord >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Peter Murray-Rust > Reader in Molecular Informatics > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry > University of Cambridge > CB2 1EW, UK > +44-1223-763069 >
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